During Term 2 the year 3/4 students were given the opportunity to learn all about Computer Programming.
We discovered that Programming is not as scary as it sounds! It is a set of instructions and rules you create that allow you to control a set of objects in an environment. The program we used to do this was a web based programming tool called Scratch!
Programming allows us to express our ideas, thoughts and learning in a creative way.
The 21st century skills we used while learning all about Scratch were:
-Problem Solving
-Computational thinking
-Team work
-Development of Communication Skills
-Intrinsic Motivation
-Critical Thinking
We created a "Racing Game" by watching and completing the following tutorial!
We will be posting our completed projects in the coming weeks.
Below is a video about why we should be teaching programming in schools. Definitely worth a look!
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